Business Wire

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Introduces a New AlphaZBL™ AC-DC Active Bridge Rectifier Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, power ICs, and ...
Hackaday

Experimenting With Bridge Rectifers For AC To DC Power Conversion

The folks over at Toymaker Television have put together another episode. This time they’re looking at bridge rectifiers and how they’re used in AC to DC converters. This is a simple concept which is ...
Electronics Weekly

Active diodes for bridge rectifiers cut that pesky 0.6V drop

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced a family of active diodes which can reduce the 1.2V forward drop of 600V bridge rectifiers. “Both products are self-powered from the AC line and do not ...
EDN

Power MOSFET Bridge Rectifier

The losses in a bridge rectifier can easily become significant when low voltages are being rectified. The voltage drop across the bridge is a good 1.5 V, which is a hefty 25% with an input voltage of ...
Electronic Design

Bridgeless PFC Boosts Low-Line Efficiency

Wide input-voltage range power factor correction (PFC) converters present some of the most difficult component challenges in ac-dc power electronics. With an input-voltage range that can extend from ...